Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-05-07
General Notes.


Miss Nellie Boyd, the popular sensa
tlonal actress, who is booked here for the
18th inst, in Union Opera House, is a
present astonishing the people of Wood
RIVER country with her startling imper-
sonationS.
Why is not shorthand more INDUCED
IN by our young people of studious dispo-
sltions? There are several well qualified
teachers OF this useful accomplishment
in town, for instance, VIM. Lowe, an old
hand at the time-honored system of
Isaac Pitman.
Miss Lottie McCarty, daughter of Nels
McCarty, has turned out some handsome
fancy work in wool decoration, which is
exhibited for rattle chances at the Fischer
beer hall.
Geo. S. McFadden, Johnston McFad-
den and ten other members of the "Uncle
Toms" troupe put up at the Chapman
House.
The Chamber OF Commerce will make
Undressing for the Union Pacific Rail-
road. There are unexcepionallv solid
men atkhe head and front, as well as on
the tanks and back of the Chamber of
commerce, and their efforts to secure for
ogden the too long withheld recognition
from the potent railway combinations.
Official headquarters for the Ogden
Chamber of Commerce will shortly be
opened over d. H. Peery & Sons store
on Main street. This will form a very
convenient and generally acceptable To-
cation.
The Metropolitan telegraph service,
I. j: Barratt general manager, is main
talnlng itself in public favor
Last evening, the Episcopal Ladies'
aid Society held pleasant sociable in
Castle Hall. The gay and gallant gather
eng was well attended, notwithstanding
the forbidding aspect of the weather.
McFadden's Uncle Toms Cabin"
combination filled Union Opera House
last night with the usual big and APP
preciative crowd 20 laugh at the same
old jokes and weep at the same old emo
tional scenes.
VIM. Skeen has been in town all day
yesterday and to-day with his fine stall
lion, one unexcelled by any other male
equine in Weber County in all respects.
V. G. Samuel, of Chicago, one of the
most genial travelling men, is around
town at this writing.
'Look out for another storm from the
SOUTH" was the general warning yester-
day.
The Grand Jury of the First District
Court, this present May term, are doing
their judicial business up in brisk way,
enjoying the valuable instructions from
ASSISTANT Prosecuting Attorneys Ogden
Hiles and Vic Bierbower.
f. B. Hochstetter, of Omaha, was reg
istered at the Broom Hotel yesterday.
Orson Riser's quadruple billiard &C.
'commodatlons are superintendent by
Joseph Cababe.
Misses Emma and Lily Cullen. of
Elko, Nevada, were guests at the Broom
Hotel on Friday.
Your correspondent had an interview
yesterday with Z. A. Mcdonald, the pro-
fessional pugilist who met with the stern
ness of the law in Salt Lake City some
time ago. Mcdonald, who was intro
duced by c. A. Careswell, formerly in
the sporting ring himself as a pedestrian,
looked well and pleasant, notwithstand-
ing his unpleasant experiences in the
capital of Utah Territory. He returned
to Butte this morning (the 7th) with
welcomed and strongly-eXpressed de-
termination to give up the prize ring and
follow less fanciful pursuits for making
an honorable path through LIES laby-
rinthian chaos. He is sure to be more
successful and less molested in that.
They had dance at the Hot Springs
the other evening, at which there was
lots OF fun.
House cleaning is the order of the day,
to the dismay of the pater fanliliGS who
has his peace greatly and distressinglY
disturbed, with not crumb of comfort |
from the better-half who is bossing the |
job.
wv. Browning, Jr., better known as
"Chubb,' is under the weather confined !
to the house.
The new farms and ranches near Salt |
Greek are showing up most promisingly, /
especially the parts which are supplied |
with capious irrigation by artesian wells. |
CAPTAIN r. Smith, Dick McCarty, Ben Z.
Rich and others have valuable planta-
tons Whereabouts.
Phil Margetts, one of the leading his
trionic Nestors and Rosciuses of this Ter
ritory, is in Ogden, the guest of his old
friend VIM. Van Dyke. Phil. is up in
the Junction City to see what might be
done by dramatic revival in our midst,
with the infusion of some Salt Lake spirit.
Barney Tibbles has just stocked the
"Little Queen" on Fourth Street, with a
large lot of imported liquid delicacies.
A certain firm in Ogden, building a